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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
SPG Ammo Storage question...
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:43 PM

Guys, started work on this fairly recently.

I've decided to show the rear hatches open with the commander and gunner riding outside. Problem is you can see part of the interior and FineMolds doesn't provide any interior parts. I have no reference material and can't seem to find anything on the internet other than an article of this kit built up by Steven Zaloga. I've used Zaloga's model as a base and faked up a transmission and drive-shaft but have no idea what the ammo storage should look like. I've searched for photos of German SPGs including the Marder Madness GB here and there seem to be both horizontal bins and vertical racks.

Um, just wondering if anyone has a ballpark guess which would make more sense here? I'm not looking for it to be accurate since I don't think any photos exist but I'd like it to look like it might be correct. Again with the figures in place you won't be able to see much but still anything is better than a big empty hole in the hull.

Any guesses or opinions?

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:09 PM

Try to think like the crew in terms of how the rounds would be stored for best access and use with the gun and go with that. I doubt there's room for very much in the way of onboardr/ready round storage judging by your last pic and the view of the interior space. Remember the round storage would also have to be done in such a way that it wouldn't interfere with the ability of the crew to also man the gun in action.

  • Member since
    December 2002
Posted by Delbert on Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:34 PM

here is a link with some photos of the inside of the fighting compartment but they are very bad photos so I don't know how much help they will be..

 

http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/newfolder/Ho-Ni3.html 



  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:02 PM

Delbert: Thanks for the photos, funny in my web searches none of those came up. Every little bit helps.

Bill: Thanks, you're right, I think I'll go have to go with throwing something together that just makes common sense.

A better photo of the interior hull. I've heard this thing listed as having a crew of five, Second World War Japanese may have been small guys but I can't imagine how three guys could fit in the hull (assuming the commander and gunner stayed in the fighting compartment above) along with the ammo storage as well.

I assume it would be an enclosed horizontal bin here, unless it would be stored in vertical racks running down the left wall. If in the front I'd think the loader could stand behind the bin to hand the ammo up to the fighting compartment. Where the fifth crewman would be I have no idea unless someone misstated the number of crew.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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